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This is what happens when there are no employee representatives on company pay committees which decide what executives are paid.
If Labour win they will ensure that worker representatives are elected to every large company pay committee.
This shoul…Read more…
Off message but earlier this month I went to North Wales for my mum’s birthday but also to walk up Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) to pay my respects in memory to my father whose ashes were scattered on at the summit in April 2002. I normally go with my sisters bu…Read more…
Last week UNISON in its national efocus newsletter urged its members to
“Help defend the Co-op’s Political Voice.
UNISON is urging members who belong to the Co-op to defend its link with the Co-operative Party.
The new management at the Co-op…Read more…
This collage is a snapshot of campaigning during the last 48 hours. On Thursday evening I went to Ilford North and was sent out with Ross, Jeremy and Glen to speak to the postal voters at the Tiptree Estate. Which is a very well managed and beautifully…Read more…
Today is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War Gallipoli campaign. The 8 month conflict was one of the most vicious of that war.
This song was written by Eric Bogle in 1971 and was today described by a good friend of mine…Read more…
Find out below what happened when two British MPs were invited by low paid and exploited workers to find out how they were treated by their British owned employers.
On May 6 it will the National Express AGM. If you have a funded pension or insura…Read more…
Your existing NEC memberI am seeking your support for my re-election as one of your two members of the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) for Community, which is the part of the union for members who work in the voluntary sector, housing associa…Read more…
Picture collage of West Ham Labour Party campaigning for Polly Billington in the marginal seat of Thurrock and in Stratford & New Town ward.
In Stratford we managed to get into the new residential blocks either side of the High Street and were abl…Read more…
I went this evening to check out the memorial and the site for the remembrance ceremony next week.
On Tuesday 28 April it is Worker Memorial Day (also known as the International Day for Workers Safety). Which is a United Nations sponsored event suppor…Read more…
Check out this completely neutral, unbiased and extremely scientific flow chart on how to decide whether or not you should vote Tory. Read more…
This is a great flyer supporting the candidates of light and reason who are standing in the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) elections.
A minority faction within the union who have been regularly beaten in past ballots are attacking the union…Read more…
If you are a voting member of the Co-operative Group you should have received a ballot paper for this year’s crucial AGM. If you believe it needs to retain its political voice and link with the Co-operative Party then vote “For” on motions 9 and …Read more…
This is another picture collage of West Ham (and East Ham) Labour out campaigning this weekend.
There is a Stratford & New Town ward team in Abbey Lane, E15. While East and West Ham activists were out Sunday morning with Ilford South, Mike Gapes. …Read more…
You have until the end of today, Monday 20 April to register to vote for the General Election. You can go to your local Council or go to https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
It takes around 5 minutes and you just need your national insurance number (on…Read more…
Check out Mind the Gap for further information on this USA chart which I think will mirror what has happened in the UK and other countries as well.
It is also about something I constantly go on about at work. The more of us in the union – th…Read more…
Hat tip to Cambridgeshire University Labour club for this poster.
Katie Hopkins is the Sun columnist who recently called migrants “cockroaches” and “doesn’t care if migrants die while trying to leave their countries by boat” ” even if she was shown “coffins and bodies floating in water” she would…Read more…
The UNISON postal ballot election for a new National Executive Committee started on 7 April but continues until 15 May. So there is still plenty of time for UNISON members to vote if they have not done so.
This is a copy of my ballot paper and pr…Read more…
Pictures of some of the West Ham Labour Party activists out campaigning with our Parliamentary Candidate, Lyn Brown and Stratford & New Town ward Candidate, Charlene McLean.
Yesterday evening in Stratford, Green Street this morning and this aftern…Read more…
And of course the gap in the UK is by far the worse. This cannot continue. Only a Labour Government can make a difference.
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A powerful video on the history and importance of workers health and safety. Warning: it does contain some disturbing scences. Hat tip unison health and safety.
This year I am organising an event to mark Workers’ Memorial Day at the statute in Three M…Read more…